Graze on the Green

We take our cake very seriously in North Yorkshire. There are some epic bakers in our village and the cake categories at the annual village produce show are always hotly contested. Unsurprisingly, there are many excellent places for eating cake in the North York...

Welcome Hamper Recipes

We make as many of the goodies that go into our guest welcome hamper as we can; in fact, the only things which we don’t make are the Extra Virgin Yorkshire Rapeseed Oil and the Roost coffee beans. We’re not quite at their level of expertise… The most popular recipe we...

Roe Deer

It always feels special on our walks when we spot a roe deer, and we’re seeing more of them than ever before around Appleton. It’s probably due to us walking more due to lockdown, and also there being fewer people around. The best time to see roe deer is usually early...

Cycling friendly

Over the last few years, we’ve fallen in love with cycling all over again. Quiet roads and bridleways, beautiful scenery and cycling friendly places to stop off for a bite to eat, the North York Moors is a fantastic place to explore on a bike. We have to admit, that...

Bempton Cliffs

Bempton Cliffs made it into our top 5 things to do on the Yorkshire coast when we blogged about it in September last year. We’ve not been back there for many months for obvious reason, so as things are beginning to unlock, we decided to go this weekend, and were...